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SYSTEM SETUP  17

The final step of the installation is to establish
the system’s defaults. It is helpful to take a few
minutes to familiarize yourself with these
settings, as they may require change before the
first use and later from time to time.

General Functionality of the OSD Menu
The complete setup and control of the DVD 22
takes place in an advanced user-guided On
Screen Display (OSD) menu system. The OSD can
be activated by pressing the OSD button on the
remote control. Pressing this button again de-
activates the OSD.

The main menu consists of a PLAYER Menu and a
SET-UP Menu. The PLAYER Menu will show all
information and options available for the disc
currently playing. The SET-UP Menu will help you
configure all audio and video settings which are
normally only made once.

Each Main Menu contains Submenus. These sub-
menus are shown as icons on the left side of the
menu. They can be highlighted by a white square
around the icon by moving the cursor with the
ARROW buttons. Icons can be activated by press-
ing ENTER as soon as an icon is highlighted.
When ENTER has been pressed, the color of the
icon will change to dark blue and you will see
that the Actual Settings of this submenu will
appear on the right side of the menu.

Although each Menu has various Submenus and
Settings, navigating through menus, submenus
and settings goes the same way. All submenus,
settings and options can be accessed with the
help of the ARROW (

KLN M ) and ENTER

buttons on the remote control.

To change a setting, simply move the cursor to
the setting you wish to change. This setting will
be highlighted in light blue, and a brief explana-
tion will appear in the Upper Menu Line on the
bottom of your screen. Once the setting is high-
lighted, pressing the ENTER button on the remote
control will show the available options for this
setting on the Lower Menu Line on the bottom of
your screen. Move the ARROW 

M / N buttons

to the requested option for this setting. Press
ENTER to activate the new setting.

The first step in checking or changing the system
defaults is to access the Setup Menu. First, make
certain that the DVD is properly connected to a
video display, and that power is connected. For
this process, however, you do not need to load
any discs into the unit.

During STOP, PAUSE or PLAY mode, if you press
OSD on the remote, the Set Up Menu appears on
the screen.

This Main Menu and all menus in the following
section may look different, listing the settings
with different languages, depending on the set-
tings made previously. With the factory default
setting all languages are set to ”English”, that´s
why with all menus the English version is shown
in the manual.

In the SET-UP Menu you will find submenus for
making or changing all settings and adjustments
for both Audio and Video handling of your DVD
22.

To access the SET-UP Menu, press the OSD but-
ton, and move the cursor to the right until SET-UP
is highlighted. Press ENTER to activate the SYS-
TEM Settings:

(A) Main Menu Line

(B) Submenus

(C) Actual Settings

(D) Upper Menu Line with Brief Explanation

(E) Lower Menu Line with Possible Options

The System Setting Submenu contains the
following settings. Follow the explanations in the
Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to
change the settings.

Display Language: Sets the language in which
the OSD menus are shown on your screen.

Preferred Subtitle Language: Defines your
preferred subtitle language. Every time a disc will
be played that contains this subtitle language, it
will be shown automatically. If you do not find
your preferred language in the list of options, you
can select your preferred language by typing a 
4-digit code found in the code list on page 20.
You can also set the preferred subtitle language
to OFF. In that case no subtitles will be shown.

Panel Time-Out: Sets the time-out interval for
the Front Panel Information Display. After the
selected time, the display will dim completely.

Status Bar Time-Out: Sets the time-out interval
for the Status Bar, after which the Status Bar will
disappear from the screen.

Parental Control: Defines a password used to
control viewing of restricted programs. The
default password is 8888. After pressing the
default password, either the parental control
setting can be chosen, or a new password. The
five standard US rating symbols are ”G”
(General, level 2), ”PG” (Parental Guidance, level
4), ”PG13” (Parental Guidance and 13 years old,
level 4), ”R” (Restricted, level 6) and ”NC 17”
(from 17 years old, level 7). The DVD will accom-
modate a total of eight rating steps, as set by the
DVD creators. These additional steps allow for
more critical control of program playback for all
audiences. Level 8: All DVDs can be played. Levels
7 to 2: DVDs for general audiences/ children can
be played. Level 1: DVDs for children can be
played; DVDs for adults/general audiences are
prohibited. Follow the explanations on the screen
to set a new password.

PBC Support: Activates PBC (Play Back Control)
Support for VCD discs.

Screen Save: Activates a Screen Saver to
prevent an image to “burn” into a video display
device. If you connect the DVD 22 to a LCD or
plasma screen or video projector, we recommend
you activate the screen saver at all times.

Show Angle Icon: Determines whether the
Angle Icon will appear on the screen when there
are different angles available on a DVD disc.

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18 SYSTEM SETUP

The Audio Setting Submenu contains the follow-
ing settings. Follow the explanations in the
Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen
to change the settings.

Preferred Audio Language: Defines your
preferred audio language. Every time a disc is
played that contains this audio language, it will
be activated automatically. If you do not find
your preferred language in the list of options,
you can select your preferred language by typing
a 4-digit code found in the code list on page 20.

Digital Output: If your system includes 5.1
digital audio surround decoding (Dolby Digital
and/or DTS), select ORIGINAL as the digital out-
put. In that case all audio signals will be output
with their original format. If your system only
includes stereo and/or Dolby Pro Logic, select
PCM. Then all audio signals will be output in
PCM format only (DTS will output no signal).

PCM Limit: The DVD 22 is compatible with
both 48 kHz and 96 kHz sampling, but some
early A/V receivers and surround processors are
not. If your A/V receiver or surround processor is
NOT capable of handling 96 kHz signals, select
the 48 kHz option. If your A/V receiver or
surround processor IS capable of handling 
96 kHz signals, select the 96 kHz option to
achieve the greatest audio fidelity available. If
NONE is selected, the complete signal will be
passed through to your A/V Receiver or surround
processor.

Dynamic Range: This setting enables Dolby
Digital recordings to be played back with full
dialogue intelligibility while reducing peak levels.
This smooth level compression prevents abrupt
loud transitions from disturbing others without
reducing the impact of the digital source
perceptibly.

The Video Setting Submenu contains the
following settings. Follow the explanations in the
Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen
to change the settings.

Aspect Ratio: This step selects the TV aspect
ratio, conventional screen shape (4:3) or
widescreen (16:9), according to your TV.

TV Standard: Sets the output video format i.e.
NTSC, PAL or SECAM, of the DVD player. If you
have a multi standard TV, we recommend the
AUTO setting for optimal picture quality.

Scan Type: Sets the video output to Interlace or
Progressive. Before changing the setting to
Progressive, make sure that your video display is
capable of handling progressive scan signals. As
soon as you select progressive scan the scan
type, the Video Output will automatically change
to Component.

Video Output: Sets the video output type to
Scart or Component. Scart will be used for most
TV’s. Component will be used for most LCD,
Plasma and projectors.

Scart Output: Selects which kind of video out-
put signals will be routed over the scart. RGB
will be used for most TV’s.

Video Mode: This setting affects only the
Component Video Outputs, and it controls how
the video signals are optimized for progressive
scan display. In most cases, the “automatic”
mode is your best choice, as it senses whether
the disc being played was originally recorded on
video or shot on film. However, in some cases
you may wish to compensate for errors in the
disc authoring that occur when the frame rate is
not properly maintained when films are convert-
ed to video. Three choices are available:

• Auto: This is the recommended setting, as it

lets the DVD 22 analyze the signals from the
DVD and adjust the output accordingly.

• Movie: Choose this option for optimal play-

back of material that was shot on film, even
though you are viewing it on video via a DVD.

• Video: Choose this option for optimal play-

back of material that was shot directly to
video, such as concerts and sports program-
ming.

The Video Adjustment Submenu contains access
to the Test Screen. First adjust the video display
device (TV) with the help of the Test Screen.
After that the output settings of the player can
be fine-tuned with the Color, Contrast,
Brightness, Tint and Black Level settings. In order
to change the settings, move the cursor to the
“+“ or “-“ icon on the same line as the setting.
Once one of the icons is highlighted, pressing
ENTER will increase or decrease the value of the
setting, as will be shown in the bar behind the
setting. To exit the Video Adjustment Menu,
move the cursor to DONE, and press ENTER.

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TEST SCREEN  19

When you activate the Test Screen via the OSD
you can activate a still image to test all settings
and the video performance of your TV. With the
vertical color bars you can test the following:
■ proper color intensity setting on your TV,
■ the proper color of each bar, showing if the

proper video standard is turned on: the colors
should be (left to right): black, white, yellow,
cyan (turquoise), green, magenta (purple), red,
blue, black.

■ proper color transition, seen as sharp 

separation of the bars, S-Video will be better
than Video, RGB best of all.

■ the performance of the color filter in your TV

(with ”Video” signals), bar edges should show
no vertical crawling dots. Here S-Video and
RGB formats usually give no problems.

With the grey scale and the black/white fields
below the color bars the brightness and contrast
of your screen can be adjusted optimally, see
chapter ”TV Picture Adjustment” below.

These adjustments may be done now, but you
can also make them after setup has been 
finalized.

Brightness adjustment:
1. Turn down the color control on your TV until

the color bars are visible in black and white.

2. Adjust the contrast to the lowest level where

you still can see all bars within the grey scale
in the test picture separately and clearly.

3. Adjust the Brightness so that the bars in the

grey scale are all visible. The bar furtherst to
the left has to be as black as possible rather
than grey but the next aside must clearly be
differable. All the bars in the grey scale have to
be gradually and evenly changing from black
to whiter, going from left to right.

Contrast adjustment:
1. Adjust the contrast on your TV until you see a

bright white bar in the right low corner of the
screen and a deep dark black bar at the left.
The optimal contrast setting will depend from
your preference and the surrounding light in
the TV room.

2. If the brightness of the white bar will no more

increase while turning up the contrast or when
the borders of the white ”harman/kardon” text
letters on top will bloom (overlight) into the
black areas, what drasticly will decrease the
sharpness of the script, then the Contrast has
been turned up too much. Reduce the contrast
until these effects will disappear and the video
still looks realistic.

3. If you are watching TV with a usual surround-

ing daylight, adjust the Contrast so that a nor-
mal video picture has about the same looking
as the surroundings in your room. By that way
the eye is relazed when watching the TV pic-
ture. This contrast setting may be reduced
when the surrounding light is dimmed, usually
improving the sharpness of a video a lot 
thereby.

4. The grey scale in the middle line needs to have

the same clear difference between each bar as
before the contrast adjustment. If not, go back
to the brightness adjustment and repeat step 3
and then the contrast adjustments, making
only minor adjustments each time for 
optimisation.

Color adjustment.
1. When the Brightness and the Contrast are set

optimally, turn up the color control to the level
of your perference. Adjust to the level where
the colors look strong but still natural, not
overdone. If the color level is too high,
depending from the TV used some of the bars
will seem wider or the color intensity will not
increase while the control is turned up. Then
the color control must be reduced again. At the
end you should test the color intensity also
with a video, e.g. pictures of natural faces,
flowers, fruit and vegetables and other well
known natural articles of our life most usefull
for an optimal setting of the color intensity.

2. If your TV has a Tint option (with most

European TVs this is available or effective only
with NTSC signals, not with PAL), use the large
white bar below the Greyscale to tweak the
warmth of the picture. Every viewer has a 
difference in preference as how the glow of
the picture should be. Some prefer a little 
colder picture, some a warmer glow. The Tint
function on your TV and the white bar can be
used to control this. Adjust the Tint to the level
where you feel the white color has the tone
you prefer.

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20 PLAYER MENU

Once all the settings have been made, you are
ready to enjoy your DVD 22. Once you have
inserted a disc into the drawer you can explore
the other Main Menu, that is the PLAYER Menu.
This menu hosts all playback and program fea-
tures, as well as all disc information. As you will
see, the lay out of this menu is comparable with
the lay out of the SET-UP Menu. The functionality
is the same too. The Submenus are shown on the
left side of the screen, with INFO and PROGRAM
activated by default. As in the SET-UP Menu,
settings can be highlighted with the ARROW
buttons and selected with the ENTER button on
the remote control. Options for the settings are
shown in the Lower Menu Line on the bottom of
the screen.

Disc: Shows the name of the disc as it has been
given by the artist

Audio: Shows the audio track that is currently
playing. Options are shown on both Menu Lines
on the bottom of the screen.

Playlist: Sets the order in which the current disc
is played back.

Repeat: Sets the repeat mode.

Random: Activates Random Playback when pos-
sible.

Subtitle: Shows the subtitle of the disc currently
playing.

In the PLAYER Menu, the chapter, track or picture
currently playing will be marked with an arrow
symbol in front of the Chapter (DVD), Track (CD,
MP3, WMA) or Picture (JPEG). Chapters, tracks
and pictures can be selected from this list at any
time by moving the cursor to the requested
chapter or track and pressing ENTER to confirm.

The top part of this screen can be de-activated to
show the complete Track list on the screen. To
de-activate, move the cursor to the INFO
Submenu of the left side of the screen. Press
ENTER until the icon is highlighted in light blue
and the full Track list is visible on the screen. In
the same way the Disc list can be removed from
the screen by de-activating the PROGRAM
Submenu.

In DVD and MP3 mode, activating the DISC INFO
Submenu will show information about the player
and the disc currently playing. The first lines will
show Disc Name and Disc ID. Below you can
compare the Aspect Ratio, Video Standard and
Scan Type available on the disc with the actual
settings of your player.

In the lower part of the screen the Audio
Resolution and Audio Format are shown, and at
the bottom you will see a graphical presentation
of the Video Bit Rate and the Audio Bit Rate of
the disc currently playing.

In STOP mode, the Disc List can be used to create
your own program list for both DVD, CD, MP3,
WMA or JPEG discs. Move the cursor to the right
of the menu, into the Disc List. Move the cursor
up or down to the first track you would like to
program and press ENTER. The cursor will move
to the options in the Lower Menu Line. You can
either add the selected track (or picture) to the
playlist or give it the number you would like it to
have in your playlist, or clear the track from the
list. Move the cursor down to the next track you
would like to program and continue until your
playlist is complete. Once completed, move the
cursor up to the Playlist setting. Select
Programmed order from the options and press
PLAY to start the playback.

If you have a disc that contains both MP3 files
and JPEG images, you can choose to run these
simultaneously, mixing the MP3 audio with your
own images. The time interval can be chosen in
the Picture Setting.

The on-screen Status Bar contains many playback
features. To see the Status Banner Menu, press
STATUS on the remote control while a disc is
playing. Use the ARROW buttons on the remote
to move through the different features in the
Status Bar. When a feature is highlighted, press
ENTER on the remote to select it and to change it
with the help of the options listed on the screen.
Press ENTER to activate the change.

Title: The number shown indicates the number of
the title that is currently playing.

Chapter: The number shown indicates the
number of the chapter that is currently playing on
a disc.

Time: This item displays the time in DVD mode.

Press the ARROW step by step to activate:
Title Elapsed, Title Remaining, Chapter Elapsed,
Chapter Remaining. Depending on the choice
made, the bar will show a graphic view on where
the disc is currently playing.

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